Initially, the types of news publishers, and the
types of news, which would benefit from these
two suggestions may differ, as set out below. But
in both cases, the purpose of introducing new
tax reliefs would be to reduce costs and improve revenues, for the benefit of both existing publishers and new entrants. Publishers could use the gains to develop new products, such as more attractive subscription offers; or to build a news business from scratch; and perhaps to maintain the provision of public-interest journalism.